He stands alone, darkness all around him. He walks slowly to a small pond dark like everything elts. His reflection shows dim and dark a small drop from a tree falls into the water. The ripples make his image move than disappear. He walks slowly towards the tree, old and broken. His thoughts faint in the back of his mind, as he wonders the darkness. A cold mist blows and the first sound was made of tree branches. He gasped and starred into the darkness. Glowing red eyes shown through the tree. Swiftly the eyes moved closer. “Whose there?” He asked while making a firm grasp on his sword. Another cold mist blow past and the eyes disappeared. He looked around, looking through the darkness for the mysterious eyes. Finally a quick shadow jumped through the sky over his head and a bright glimmer came and a slash. He stood there for a moment, turned and saw the figure in the shadow. He looked down and saw a drip of blood. He lifted his hand and saw the slash in his stomach. He fell to his knees gasping in painful morn. The figure walked forward. It was a woman wearing a long flowing black skirt with red embroider on the bottom, of like a symbol. Slits on the side went up her legs showing small black shorts. A small tattoo was made on the bottom right side of her belly button, of a dagger. She wore a black strapless belly shirt that raped around her neck, on her shirt a backwards moon was cut out. A blood colored ribbon was put to hang over her shoulders. Her hair, dark and crisp flowed through the wind with a gray shriek on the side. Her boots thud through the cold ground as she stepped forward. He had yet to see her face since her dark hair covered her face. Her sword stock out of the ground were she left it, blood dripping from the tip, his blood. “Hello.” Her calm dark, mysterious voice echoed in the dark. He made a small gasp while trying to keep his balanced.
A glow came from her hand as she placed it at his wound. “Don’t worry it wont hurt.” The sound of her voice calmed him down. A burst of light and he saw nothing but black.
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I opened my eyes and felt warmth. There was a long fur coat on me. I quickly touched my side and felt nothing. I sat up to see a fire next to me and the women on a rock, she sat there starring at a faint light in the sky.
“Who are you?” I asked while searching for my sword.
“Looking for this?” I looked up and she had my sword in her hands “My name is Sarah, but they call me the Dark Beauty” She jumped down and stuck my sword into the cold ground. “What’s your name?”
“My name is Malachi.” I stood and brushed dirt off my back. “What happened?” I looked at her as she stepped closer to the fire. Her eyes glistened in the light of the fire. Her stair was cold and lifeless. Two minutes went by no words were spoken. Finally she looked up, her red eyes went into mine. We stood there starring into each others eyes as if reading each others minds.
“When I saw you…”she paused “I thought you were someone alts.” Sarah glanced up at the faded light and sighed. “I’m…sorry.” Her eyes glistened and then faded. She slowly walked past me and grabbed the fur coat on the ground. She spoke a language and the coat be came a dozen ferrets. They all scattered into the darkness.
“How did you do that?” I walked over to her and searched for the little animals.
“I made peaces with the animals…” She looked up at the tree and an owl hooted.
I walked back to the dark and forgotten pond. Me reflection. Long black coat, black crisp hair… like Sarah’s. black paints, boots, shirtless underneath my coat. I watched as a fish swam under the cold water. I turned to speak but Sarah was gone. “Sarah? Sarah!?” I searched around the fire… nothing. It was as if she was never here.
I awoke with a cool breeze against my face. The darkness was over thrown by the light of the morning sun. the image of Sarah still haunted in my mind. The soft cold words she spoke still in my mind. Wondering were she is, what has happened, and who did she mistaken me of? Or was this all a dream, a mystical dream floating in my mind. Imaginary pictures flashing before my face. All I need is a small sign telling me she exist.
Suddenly a small brush from a bush and two ferrets came running out. I stood and walked towards them. “My sign?” I chuckled and picked up the ferrets. They wiggled a bit and I put them down. “Ferrets are my sign.” They looked out into a path unseen. They ran and came back, one went wild and through themselves into the dirt. “What the..” The other one did the same thing, they got up and the ferrets made an arrow in the dirt. “You want me to go this way?” I started down the path and I knew I was right since the ferrets went wild in happiness.
I walked only a few steps and began to hear a faint sound in the mist. It sounded like singing. I walked a little bit faster as the sound came more clear. “Flowers here my call, my voice, my song…” It was so peaceful and sweet I felt drawn to it. “Grow into the earth I bid thee well… I hold all peace and regain your life with my song…” The voice seemed close, it seemed as if she was right there. I then heard water running. I pushed a branch aside and saw a beautiful young women walking on rocks in the middle of a creek. She had dark skin and brown flowing hair. She wore a white dress that the wind blow to the west, she also wore a white flower in her hair. It was a lily, I then noticed that all around the water bed there were groups of white lily’s, but they were all closed. At the end of her song she finished with a flick of her wrist and all the lily’s opened and they sparkled in the sun! I then noticed that the girl was gone. I looked every were brushing branches aside and couldn’t see her.
Then all of a sudden “Are you spying on me?” She said as I twirled around startled. She stood there staring at me tapping her foot on a rock an a few leaves.
“It’s not nice to scare people!” I replied as I put my hand over my chest and breathed heavily. “Sorry I wasn’t spying, I heard you singing as I was walking. I fallowed the sound and ended up here.” I explained as I stood up.
“OK well I’m sorry I startled you! He-he My name is Isabella, what’s yours?” She looked past me and then at me.
“I’m Malachi, how did you do that with the flowers?” I glanced back at the flowers that were still sparkling in the light. When I turned back she was gone again. I looked every were but no sign. “Isabella?!”
“I’m right here! He-he.” I turned around and she was standing there giggling. I looked at her with a confused look on my face.
“How did you do that? Are you a flower goddess?” I thought about it since she can make them bloom and dart sightless to one place to another. I took a few steps to the water bed and looked down at a group of fish.
“Yes, I’m a flower goddess of most all flowers but my specialty is lily’s. See I’m new to all this magic, the first thing I ever controlled was a lily. I learned how to dart soon after, I was also visited by a goddess and she helped me master it.” She then opened her palm, closed it and opened it again and a little white lily was there. After, she was happily skipping over the rocks in the creek humming her song.
I was watching her, she only seemed as a young girl. “Oh, I thought so.” in the back of my mind I was still thinking about Sarah, wondering were she went, what happened to her, and who she thought I was. Those thoughts seemed to haunt me wherever I go.
Suddenly I had a strange feeling, like that someone alts was there. I looked around cautiously and saw no one. Just me and Isabella, I looked at her and she was skipping over rocks towards me. She tripped and I ran to catch her but a giant lily formed and she stepped on it across the rest of the way. She giggled happily but I still felt the presence of another. I looked around carefully and all of a sudden this giant Bippin jumped out at me. I did not know what happened but when it attacked I through out my sword and quickly cut it’s head off. I stood there amazed that I responded so fast, Isabella was in shock and amazement.
“Wow!” Isabella stood and starred. “you didn’t tell me you were a warrior.” My eyes widened…. :a warrior?: :am I a warrior?: I couldn’t believe it, it could be possible…
“I didn’t know myself…” I paused “See, I can’t remember much except that my parents died and my name is Malachi .” I looked down disappointed. When I looked up, I saw something in the distance that struck as odd. I then realized it was two red dots, eyes?… Sarah! I walked a step closer and I saw her, she stood 20 feet away next to a willow tree. The wind blow hard and the leaves covered her, when they cleared up she was gone. I looked away disappointed, and started walking towards Isabella. “I’m on a quest, but I yet no what it is.” she looked at me, eyes twinkling. “What?”
“It’s a destiny quest!” She was in aw, her eyes widened as she starred into space.
“Uh… I don’t know really…” I paused as she was still in space. “I uh… am going along and finding things that tell me of my past.”
She finally came out of her trance, “Can I come with you?!” She grabbed my arm and I almost fell over from her excitement. “I’m on a quest also, I’m trying to master my powers! Oh please Malachi, please, please….?”
“OK, but you could get hurt.” she twirled in excitement. Then she jumped at me and gave me a hug.
“Thank you, thank you!!” She started humming and dancing around making small lily’s appeared every were. I smiled as she twirled around me, in the back of my mind I was still thinking about Sarah. I was wondering of what my future had to hold, of what was to come of me, Isabella, Sarah.
I sat down on a rock by the water bank, it was calming to hear the rushing water clashing against the rocks in the creek. The sound of small animals rustling in the bushes, gathering food for there young. Hearing the calm hum of the Tinsel Birds, and the sound of there flapping wings. It seemed as if the lily’s sang, it was so graceful you could drift away and never realize it. I seemed to drift away into a fantasy of colorful birds soaring across the dim blue sky, the sounds of the running water soothing and clear. Soon realizing the leaves of orange, green, and brown blowing with the breeze across the sky, watching the colored leaves swaying gracefully in the cool breeze. I didn’t realize at first but Isabella was staring at me watching me drift off. I quickly sat up and cupped my hands taking a drink of water. It was as good as it looked, clear, clean, refreshing. I looked across the creek for a minute staring at the different plants. There was not only lily’s there they had roses and blue lanches. Long green stems with giant blue, like lily’s, flowers. It grew strong and proud. I heard that the nectar of these beautiful flowers could speed up your healing.
“What are you thinking about?” Isabella asked as she sat next to me.
“I was thinking about those flowers, you know if you drink it’s nectar it may speed up your healing.” I looked at her proud of my knowledge. She looked at me and smiled, she looked up and closed her eyes. A moment later she looked down and stared into the water. I don’t know exactly what she was looking at, what she saw. “What are you thinking about?”
“Oh.” She looked up a little startled. “I was thinking about when I first realized my powers…” she drifted off again as if reliving it. “Well it was a year ago, I was coming home from school and these boys gave me a hard time. I had always had a strange love for nature. Were ever I went there seemed to be a lily left behind. So that day I ran into the forest and ended up by a creek, similar to this one. I sat and cried by the water bed, I had a strange feeling and a dim glow came from the palm of my hand, when I lifted it a small lily was growing. I was scared and surprised as I watched it grow. It stopped and then I saw a glimmer of light and a beautiful women stood hovering over the water like an angel. She was no angel but a flower goddess. She told me of my gift and taught me the song of life. Ever since then I left school and went on my journey to learn more about my destiny.” Isabella looked straight and then at me.
“Wow.” I looked at her for a moment and then looked away. “So what’s there to eat around here, I’m starving!” We laughed, finally breaking the calm silence. She stood up and looked around the ground.
“Glade you asked now I can show you my other power. I’m not a master but I’m pretty good. He-he” She kneeled down and put her hand to the ground. I moved closer watching with much interest. A glow from her hand and a half a dozen Milly Mushrooms grew from the soil. She laughed in triumph.
“Wow, now I like that power!” We laughed as she pulled them out. She already had a fire place so I started the fire. Soon we were frying the Mushrooms, the sweet smell flowed in the air. When they were finally done I gave 3 to Isabella and scuffed mine share down. She stared in amazement of how fast I ate them. I laughed, “what I was hungry!” she giggled and took a bight out of hers.
“There really good!” she smiled as she took another bight. I smiled and watched the young girl eat with such happiness. It started to get dark, not to dark. Isabella noticed too. “Maybe we should find shelter.”
“Yea, but where were you sleeping out here?” I looked around and saw no shelter.
“I made one, with a flower of course.” She giggled. “Shanua!” a moment later a group of vines moved and there was a sort of flower house. Beautiful with it’s colors. By this time she was finishing her last mushroom. She got up and ran to the door. “I’ll have to make it a little bigger, like a second room for you to sleep in.” She grabbed a flower and closed her eyes. I sat and watched this amazing thing happen, the flower grew for a moment and a group of them intertwined forming a second shelter. I was speechless, she looked at me and started laughing.
“That was amazing!” I got up walked over to her and looked inside the flower house seeing a small flower bed. “Looks comfy.” We started laughing together. Then all of a sudden a burst of flames came from the fire. We looked over and saw that the fire had caught on to the lily that Isabella was sitting on. “Oh no!” I started to the fire and saw Isabella kneeling in pain. The fire seemed to hurt her, a strange feeling came over me it seemed my eyes rolled back in my head, I was scared so I fought the feeling. I ran to the creek and splashed water on the fire using my sword. The fire died out and Isabella stood up again.
“Thank you so much Malachi!” She walked over to me and hugged me. I was still wondering what that feeling was, how much it frightened me, how I wanted to let it happen, but I couldn’t. I walked to the empty fire and made sure it was down. We both walked over to the shelter, we didn’t speak, seemed like there was nothing to say.
“Well we should get some sleep. We’ll start traveling in the morning.” I looked over at Isabella and node my head, she returned the node as if saying ‘Good night’.
We walked into our shelters, I laid on the flower bed, it was surprisingly comfortable. I laid there starring at the ceiling of the flower house, I looked at the colors, red, blue, green, I was dazing off into my fantasy again. This time it was Sarah, I watched her walk by with such grace and beauty yet with such mystery. She glanced back with her red eyes, it was as if a trance, I fallowed. It seemed as if I was walking behind her for ever, never getting closer or farther. I started to run after her and she looked back turning sharply, when she did I saw a sparkling silver and her sword cut my side again. I starred wide eyed, as I feel to the floor. “I’ll kill you!” she spoke so quietly but so coldly. I felt as if I was falling, I saw flashing lights wiz by as I fell farther into the emptiness. Finally I stopped, I stood up the blood had stopped, the wound was gone. I saw in the distance a group of people talking. I couldn’t hear what they were saying so I walked closer. The scene changed and I was in a field. I saw my mother and then my father, I ran to them they seemed angry. I looked over and saw another set of people. They yelled back and fourth between the groups. A gust of wind pushed past and a bright light that came from my fathers hand. My mothers eyes glowed and the other group seemed to do similar things. From a distance I saw someone alts, a little girl. She screamed as the lights beamed past and into each other. I was confused, .:what’s happening?:. I looked around now my hole body was stiff and cold, I felt dead but alive. I tried walking but found that my legs wouldn’t. I looked around and saw no one, then from a distance I saw Sarah again. My legs started moving as I came closer, she was talking to some one. I couldn’t see who it was, his face was fuzzy. She started to walk away but he ran to her and grabbed her arms and kissed her. They were in a trance with his kiss, his passionate kiss, when they finally stopped I saw the man’s face. I was shocked I didn’t now how it could be. Then I saw a burst of light and woke up.
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